Madama Anna Inglese (late 1400s), Italy Singer and composer. Served at the royal court in Naples ca. 1480.        

Lisa Streich (b. 1985), Sweden Studies composition at IRCAM, Paris. Previous studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne and the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. Website ›  … Läs mer

Ewa Serafin (b. 1955), Norway Born in Poland; resident in Norway since 1987. Studied piano and composition at the Academy of Music in Katowice. She has composed for most instrumental forces, but… Läs mer

Ulvo, Therese Birkelund (b. 1982 ), Norway Composer and record producer. Educated at the Norwegian Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Composes music for chamber ensemble… Läs mer

Linda Dusman (b. 1956), Baltimore, United States Composer, writer, and teacher. She has taught composition, instrumentation, and theory at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Her output includes works for solo… Läs mer

Leonora Baroni (1611–1670), Italy Singer, theobist/lutist, and composer. Performed at the courts in Naples, Genova, and Florence, and at the Palazzo Barberini in Rome. All of her compositions have been lost…. Läs mer

Esther Elizabeth Velkiers (b. 1640), Switzerland Singer, harpsichordist, composer. Nearly blind from infancy. Studied philosophy, mathematics, theology, and the natural sciences and spoke four languages. None of her compositions have been… Läs mer

Rolande Falcinelli (1920–2006), France Organist, pianist, pedagogue, and composer; teachers included Marcel Dupré. She succeeded Dupré as professor of organ and improvisation at the Paris Conservatory. She composed many organ works… Läs mer

Margaret Essex (1775–1807), England Composed chamber music and songs, including The Butterfly, published in The First Solos: Songs By Women Composers.            

Margaret Allison Bonds (1913–1972), United States Pianist and composer, educated in the 1930s at Northwestern University in Chicago, where she was one of only a few black students at that time. Continued… Läs mer

Agnes Tyrrell (1846–1883), Czech Republic Born in Brno (daughter of Henry F. Tyrrell of England and his wife Josefine Kotulan). Began performing on the piano at age nine; attended the Vienna Conservatory… Läs mer

Ruth Sofia Almén (1870–1945) Pianist, teacher, poet, author (under the pseudonym Runar Alm), and composer. Studied counterpoint for Wilhelm Stenhammar, Gothenburg; composition for Franz Neruda, Copenhagen; and piano for Heinrich… Läs mer

Else Marie Pade (b. 1924), Denmark Pioneer in electronic music and musique concrète, in Denmark and in Europe. Began exploring electronic and electroacoustic music in the 1950s with the technicians… Läs mer

Åse Hedstrøm (b. 1950), Norway and Sweden Studied music at the Institute of Sonology, Utrecht, and for Sven-David Sandström. She has headed the  Ultima Festival in Oslo and the Stockholm Concert Hall, and is… Läs mer

Jovanka Trbojevic (b. 1963), (Yugoslavia) and Finland Studied at the Mokranjac Conservatory in Belgrade, at the Music Academy in Prague, and at the Sibelius Academy in Helsingfors. Composes chamber music… Läs mer

Ida Helene Heidel (b. 1958), Norway Composer and flautist. Trained at the Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo, and the New School, Parsons, New York. She has composed works for large and small… Läs mer

Ragnhild Berstad (b. 1956), Norway Studied at the University of Oslo and the Norwegian Academy of Music. Composition teachers included Lasse Thoreson and Olav Anton Thommessen. Has composed for chamber ensemble, orchestra,… Läs mer

Þuríður Jónsdóttir (b. 1967), Iceland and Germany Composer and flautist. Studied music in Iceland and Italy. Earned degrees in flute, composition, and electronic music at the Bologna Conservatory. Has composed… Läs mer

Ewa Jacobsson (b. 1956), Sweden and Norway Born in Sweden; resides in Norway. Studied art in addition to classical piano and voice. Works chiefly with electroacoustic music, with voices and objects,… Läs mer

Bente Leiknes Thorsen (b. 1980), Norway Studied composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music for Bjørn Kruse, Lasse Thoresen, Olav Anton Thommessen and Henrik Hellstenius. Writes for solo instruments, chamber ensemble, and orchestra. Website ›